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A sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control

ChatGPT will become the first AI chatbot that has to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act. T...

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07.30 1 Sep 2026


A sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control


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ChatGPT will become the first AI chatbot that has to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act. This comes after new research that the number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubled in July. 

To explain this further was Adrian Wreckler, Technology Editor, Irish Independent.


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